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Cicada Videos Index
About the Cicada Videos
The cicada videos section is a culmination of videos that have been accrued for the past five years. They are broken down into several different categories. You can navigate through these videos by the page navigation towards the bottom or view videos by category. Clicking on a thumbnail with a play icon will launch the video player in a modal window. Under each video is a comment form if you would like to leave a comment.
Female M. septendecim wing flick response
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-06-11
Description: I conducted a several experiments with the Magicicada from Brood XIV in 2008. In this experiment, I simulated a male normal calling song by whistling in order to guage female response. You can see in this video that the females in the mesh bag are responding to my call with a wing-flick response. This is not new and this behavior has been noted by others in the study of Magicicada. I was merely trying to duplicate their findings. It obviously works!
Referring Article: Brood XIV Periodical Cicadas Latest Stuff
Date Posted: 2010-10-27 Comments: (0) Category: BehaviorsShow Comments
Male M. septendecim call w/fake wing flicking.
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-06-11
Description: What I like about Periodical cicadas is the ease that one can interact with them. I know of no other insect that you can coax to do a bunch of stuff and that will exhibit strange behaviors. Thanks to Professor John Cooley and David Marshall, I learned how to get male M. septendecim to call with a simple whistle followed by a fake wing-flick simulation. The fake wing flick is actually a simulated female wing flick response to a calling male cicada.
Referring Article: Brood XIV Periodical Cicadas Latest Stuff
Date Posted: 2010-10-28 Comments: (0) Category: BehaviorsShow Comments
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Molting Slideshow
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-06-11
Description: This is a brief video slideshow of a Periodical cicada going through the ecdysis (molting) process. It takes approximiately 2 hours for the process to be completed. During this time, the periodical cicada is extremely vulnerable and sometimes the process doesn't go so well. Anything can happen during this time. For instance other periodical cicadas can trample over this one to try to get to other spots to molt which causes damage - predation which most often leads to death and deformities which can result from a myriad of reasons.
Referring Article: Brood XIV Periodical Cicadas Latest Stuff
Date Posted: 2010-10-28 Comments: (0) Category: MiscellaneousShow Comments
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Magicicada cassini Third Stage Call
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-06-08
Description: Finally after much effort, Prof. John Cooley along with Mike Neckermann managed to get the M. cassini into the third-stage calling song. Very cool!
Referring Article: Brood XIII 2007 - June 8th
Date Posted: 2010-10-28 Comments: (0) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
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Magicicada cassini calling fragment
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-06-07
Description: In this video the sun was going down and it was getting cooler. Mike Neckermann came up with a plan to bounce sunlight from the sun which was hanging low on the horizon and divert it so that it would shine on the Magicicada. It worked pretty well!
Referring Article: Brood XIII 2007 - June 8th
Date Posted: 2010-10-28 Comments: (1) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
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Brood XIV Mashpee Slide Show
Author: Massachusetts Cicadas
Published On: 2008-05-31
Description: A photo slide show compilation of Massachusetts Cicadas' trip to Cape Cod to study and map the distribution of Brood XIV Periodical Cicada Emergence. This slide show is of the early emergence. Other videos will soon follow this one.
Referring Article: Brood XIV Survey Continues on Cape Cod
Date Posted: 2010-10-18 Comments: (0) Category: MiscellaneousShow Comments
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Tibicen dorsatus Calling Song
Author: Jake Readnour
Published On: 2007-08-21
Description: Video by Jake Readnour. Tibicen dorsatus is a large cicada that calls in the tall grass in the central United States. Video was shot in Pana, Illinois.
Referring Article: N/A
Date Posted: 2010-12-22 Comments: (0) Category: Calling SongsShow Comments
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